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CHARLES JOHN HEIN JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 8, 1948 – May 8, 1970
Service recordCharles John Hein JR, of Sidney, Iowa, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 131
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- May 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Sidney, Iowa (Fremont County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 11W, Line 131
- LARRY AUSTIN FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 8, 1970
- GARY DEAN FRASHERFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1970
- PATRICK ERNEST HENNENSergeant · May 8, 1970
- DAVID JEROME HUBERTYSergeant · May 8, 1970
From Sidney
- ALBERT DUWARD BENSONSecond Lieutenant · July 6, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.